You don’t need to be a swimmer to enjoy the beaches. I’m NOT. But I do enjoy the feel of sand between my toes. The sun doesn’t scare me — sunscreen lotions are my allies. And I don’t mind bad hair days as sea breeze salt and dry my hair. My “elves” remind me I am starting to look like a starfish, drawing laughter from the rest of the brats. So you can say I don’t mind being a laughingstock too during my “sun and sand” adventures.
No crowds. No touts. Just the sun, sand and the waves rushing to shore.
It took us a whole hour from El Nido town proper to get here. Unpaved roads, no directional signs, remote to a point you get a sense you’re lost if not for our van driver who claims to know the place. No establishments here. No crowds. No touts. Just a lone stone rest house reportedly owned by a German married to a Filipina. White sandy beach stretching some 4 or so kilometers. At one end, one can cross over to another beach where the water is calmer. Climb up a hill and you get the entire panorama of the twin beaches of Nacpan and Calitang.
Check out that lone stone resthouse behind the coconut trees.
Behind these coconut trees is another beach.
Except for 3 pairs of motorcycling tourists (how did they get here?), we “owned” the beach! We have arranged with a B & B in El Nido for this private tour. They have a hut here and so the package included van transfers and a good lunch of grilled fish, chicken barbecue and a generous serving of fried noodles sautéed in shrimps, pork bits and veggies. We watched the waves while enjoying our watermelons and pineapples. For 700 pesos per pax, it’s a good deal.
Barbecued chicken, grilled fish, fried noodles with lotsa shrimps, pork bits and veggies. Onion and Soy Sauce to go with the dishes.
Fresh watermelons, pineapples and coconuts.
And there’s the local flavor. Every now and then, a carabao (water buffalo) would pass by as our van driver harvest some coconuts for us. The crab “box” nets fronting the native huts and the boats resting by the shoreline evoke images of simple lives. I can’t help thinking how urbanites work like horses, save like a Scrooge and then blow away their savings just to experience island life. What irony!
Crab catchers?
The Island Life?
What a wonderful day spent here! I can’t say I can live here. We’re city people who love Internet connections (how else do i blog without it?), going to the movies and dining out. But we also love the beach life from time to time. If only to break the routine, nourish the soul, and simply bond together. After all, aside from “playing together”, vacations meant eating ALL meals together. A luxury we hardly enjoy back in the urban jungle where everyone is rushing to work or school, or too tired for an evening chat after school and work. I should know. I’m HOME ALONE most times, unless my itchy feet take me somewhere more exciting 😉
Truly. Paraiso (Paradise) in El Nido!
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This is an amazing beach! I love its unspoiled beauty. Really ought to go to El Nido soon. Like you I am unafraid of the sun and of getting dark skin from staying outdoors for too long (in fact, quite the opposite – I start to panic when people tell me I’ve gotten fairer. To me it means I haven’t been to the beach!). This place is a true paradise. 🙂
I love your adventures! Looking forward to reading more of them. 🙂
In my book, the best beach. And how nice to “own” if for a day. My fam loved it!
Nacpan / Calitang Beach was one of the highlights during my stay in El Nido. It’s in deed a PARAISO. Not to mention that the people from the fishing village are very kind too. This post made me miss this Paradise Titla Lili. 🙂
Love those beaches, Bino. I just hope local authorities make sure the place is spared from any form of irresponsible and unsustainable development.
The main reason why I need to revisit El Nido asap! 😀
had an adventure going here, alone, during a stormy weather. the beach was still beautiful despite the torrential rain and gray blackish day… 😀
@Mica… Just go! @Lakbay Diva… Wow, you went ALONE? And in stormy weather? I’m impressed!
yeah, it was an adventure/misadventure hahahaha, got lost too. i blogged about it after it happened to me 😛
It’s NOT a chore to get lost. Hahaha
I so much agree! This is indeed Paradise! Good for you to have stayed longer. We stayed here for just a little over an hour as a side trip before going back to Puerto Princesa. But we promise to come back and spend a whole day too. 🙂
Sulit to spend whole day here. It was an agony to peel the kids off the beach!
Wow! It must have been a delightful experience! Been to one of the coves north of Sabang and it was beautiful, too! too bad I was on official mission, and did not take a dip even if I realized I brought my beach shorts in my backpack. The sad part is, some of the photos I took were corrupted. save for a few shots.
The kids (and us adults) love the place, Ding. For sure, we’d head back.